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Several buildings in
Scotland Scotland (, ) is a Countries of the United Kingdom, country that is part of the United Kingdom. Covering the northern third of the island of Great Britain, mainland Scotland has a Anglo-Scottish border, border with England to the southeast ...
are referred to as the Adam Smith House, being named after the Scottish economist Adam Smith.


Kirkcaldy

Adam Smith lived with his mother, in her house, in
Kirkcaldy, Scotland Kirkcaldy ( ; sco, Kirkcaldy; gd, Cair Chaladain) is a town and former royal burgh in Fife, on the east coast of Scotland. It is about north of Edinburgh and south-southwest of Dundee. The town had a recorded population of 49,460 in 201 ...
, from 1767 to 1776. That house, on the High Street, is where he wrote ''
The Wealth of Nations ''An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations'', generally referred to by its shortened title ''The Wealth of Nations'', is the '' magnum opus'' of the Scottish economist and moral philosopher Adam Smith. First published in ...
''. The house was torn down in 1834. The successor building, at Nos 218–222 High Street, pictured, was built in 1834 and is itself a historic building, holding Category B
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status.


Edinburgh

Panmure House Panmure House was a 17th-century country house in the Parish of Panbride, Angus, Scotland, to the north of Carnoustie. It was the seat of the Earl of Panmure. It was rebuilt in the 19th century, and demolished in 1955. History The Panmure e ...
(unrelated to the country house of the same name) was Smith's home in
Edinburgh, Scotland Edinburgh ( ; gd, Dùn Èideann ) is the capital city of Scotland and one of its 32 council areas. Historically part of the county of Midlothian (interchangeably Edinburghshire before 1921), it is located in Lothian on the southern shore of ...
from 1788 to 1790. In 2008, the house was purchased by the
Edinburgh Business School Edinburgh Business School (EBS) is the Graduate School of Business of Heriot-Watt University (est. 1821), Edinburgh, Scotland. Heriot-Watt University awards degrees by royal charter. Heriot-Watt University was ranked as the 3rd best British u ...
. Work began on its restoration into a centre for economic and social debate and the latest academic thinking in July 2016. The building was reopened following restoration in November 2018 by former British Prime Minister Gordon Brown.


Aberdeen

While it was only built in the 1960s, "Adam Smith House" is also the name of a purpose-built student accommodation building in the Hillhead Student Village, operated by the
University of Aberdeen , mottoeng = The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom , established = , type = Public research universityAncient university , endowment = £58.4 million (2021) , budget ...
.


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